Hello all! This is a sort of Hotaru fic and I hope you enjoy it!
Read the story!! R&R please. Oh yeah sailor moon is not mine
But Takara and Mai are! I get no money from this!
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My name is Tomoe Takara and I'm 12 years old. I've spent a lot of my life being just that - plain old Takara with the beautiful
Mother and adorable sister. That changed in the end though. I don't know if it was a good thing or a bad one, but this is my story of what exactly happened.
I guess I had better start from the beginning, in the little town of Trif where I had lived since I was three years old. Trif was a small village made up of refugees of the dark moon attack who, like my mother, had never healed enough to feel safe within Crystal Tokyo or in its vicinity. Most people survived by hunting or farming, a few became warriors and protected the village, but other than that there weren't many other jobs to do. My mother was different though. She became the village healer; using her magical abilities she could save almost anyone - or anything! She was beautiful to, everyone thought so. She was a small woman with shoulder length purple-black hair and the loveliest violet eyes you could ever find. Momma always wore dark colours, sometimes she would even wear pale lavender or a deep purple, but it was usually black. I wish I were a wonderful person like my mother, but I'm not. I can't heal and I don't even look like her. Our hair is similar though. Mine
is a bit longer, but it's just as thick and purplish, I keep it in a waist-length braid. I wish I had her eyes though (Sigh), but my eyes are narrow and blue. Just like Momma says father's eyes were.
It just had to inherit masculine eyes!
I guess it doesn't matter though. Tall girls are probably not meant to have innocent eyes. Mai inherited them though. Mai always gets everything! She's really pretty to. Her hair is this lovely soft brown and combined with those eyes she easily gets men drooling in ten seconds flat. She loves it as well. She may look innocent, but she most definitely isn't! Mai, by the way is my twin. We don't look alike, but we've always been very close.
I'm said to be a natural warrior (mother says people said that about father to, I guess I really take after him more than mother).
The men the village began my training as soon as I could pick up a sword. By the time I was 10 I knew martial arts, sword fighting and a lot of other things besides! Before I knew it I was out hunting with all the men. Riding my own horse and catching my own food. Mother worried about me of course, but she really didn't mind, so I spent a lot of my early childhood riding horses and playing with Mai under the cherry tree in our garden. Didn't I mention the cherry tree? I should have of course, its very important. You see, fathers buried under that tree. Maybe that's why Mai and me love it so much. In a way it's been one of our only connections with a father we never knew.
I do remember some things about him. I remember the way he used to swing me in the air and make me laugh, and the way his blue eyes filled with love when he saw momma. Blue eyes just like mine...
That's all I really remember. Mai and me were only 3 when he died and father and the dark moon war are long gone.
They should be anyway.
It was on a sun filled day that everything changed. I was out in the woods at the time, playing in the branches of one of the oak trees right at the edge of the forest (Mai was asleep of course, where else would she be early in the morning!). I climbed much higher than usual that day and I was pretty proud of myself to. When I reached the bottom everything seemed as it should be, but as I turned round I saw two women watching me. They were both pretty strange. One had short blue hair and the other long and raven black. The blue haired one walked up to me smiling, she seemed like the sort of person you would want to trust, but I wasn't sure. I probably should have just run, but instead I stood utterly still and silent.
"Hi" She said, "My name is Mizuno Ami. Do you know where I could find someone by the name of Tomoe Hotaru?"
I was really suspicious now.
"Why do you want her?"
She visibly relaxed. It was almost as if a great weight had been lifted of her shoulders and carried away.
"We're old friends of hers. We have been looking for her ever since... I mean, just for a long time."
I was still suspicious, but I decided it was probably better to let mother handle the situation.
"You had better come with me."
They followed me quite closely and I found that they walked in a very elegant manner. A bit like momma, but much more regal and full of grace. The raven-haired woman seemed to be a little annoyed with the other stranger, but she said nothing. I guess she found my presence to be uncomfortable. When we reached the cottage I saw mother washing the dishes at the sink, humming her favourite tune. She smiled when she saw me come in and began walking over to me with a plate still in her hands.
"Hello Takara. Did you have fun?"
"Momma." I said nervously, "You have some visitors."
I stepped back to let the two women through the door.
Momma dropped the dish.
"Hotaru?" Whispered Ami "All the senshi have been searching for you. It's been a long time and we wondered..."
"Wait." Cut in the other woman, "Did that child call you Momma, Hotaru? I'd like an explanation."
I had of course, already frozen. The mention of the word `senshi' was enough to send me reeling in shock. Momma never talked about them, but the other villagers did. They remembered to well the dark moon war and the brave senshi who never saved them. I was totally confused now. Why were they asking Momma silly questions?
"I said it because she is my Momma!" I shouted at the raven-haired woman.
"What!" She screeched, "Hotaru explain..."
"What's going on?"
We all turned to see Mai standing in the bedroom doorway (still in her nightgown!). She gave us a sleepy look, but her violet eyes widened when she saw the two strangers.
"Two children!" the stranger shouted, "You have TWO children!"
"Mai, Takara. Go to your room." Said mother.
"But momma..." Protested Mai.
"Just go!"
We both rushed into the bedroom and shut the door behind us. Mai looked very confused, but I could see the curiousness creeping into her face. I groaned. A curious Mai is never a sane Mai.
"Takara..." She began.
"No Mai! This is Momma's PRIVATE conversation. We shouldn't disturb her!"
Mai snorted, "We deserve to know what's going on! She is out momma after all."
"Mai..."
"All we have to do is sneak out of those house, climb up to the window and... and"
As I said before; a curious Mai is never a sane Mai.
We finally agreed to just listen through the door, which satisfied Mai's curiosity and lowered the chance of us being caught listening.
"I can't believe you had children. What were you thinking Hotaru! You have a duty to this planet..."
"Hush Rei." Said Ami, "We came here to talk about more important matters."
There was silence for a moment before momma spoke.
"Its about HIM isn't it?"
"Yes." Said Rei abruptly "Who did you think it was about!"
"Hotaru," Whispered Ami "Where is he? When we left him under your protection we believed you would bring him back at the end of the war."
There was silence once again, but this time momma didn't speak.
"Where is he Hotaru?" Shouted Rei "It's been more than a decade! We've searched for to long!"
Momma was still silent.
"And what about your duty to the kingdom! Did you FORGET to protect the universe? Or did you just decide to take a vacation? Say something Saturn!"
My twin and I were in utter shock. I found myself unable to talk, my mind racing with the implications of those words. Only Mai managed to say anything.
"They called Momma, Saturn..." She whispered in a barely audible voice.
The tension was strengthening in the room. I could almost imagine Momma, with her eyes steely and her mouth a small frown standing up to those two mean people.
"Tell us Hotaru," said Ami gently "Is he safe? Did you hide him somewhere? I'm sure..."
We never found out what she was so sure of. Momma's quiet sobs blocked out everything else from our minds.
"He's dead Ami!" She cried, "He died in the war! I couldn't protect him. I couldn't even save him..."
I felt tears welling up in my own eyes at Momma's pain. Mai reached for me and clutched my hand tightly in her own.
"Dead?" Said Ami in shock, "But we thought he would be safe. They only wanted Crystal Tokyo..."
"How could you Hotaru." Said Rei. She had clearly lost her temper. "How do you think the queen will feel? She still hoped that he would come back! She hoped you were still loyal! But I guess she was wrong..."
Neither Mai nor I could take any more of this. Pushing the door open we ran to momma who stood shivering uncontrollably in the centre of the room. We both held her close and comforted her like she had us so many times. I stopped for a second and glared at Rei with my green-blue eyes steely and harsh. For some reason her face went deathly pale. Ami's eyes widened with shock and they both took a step backwards.
Rei looked like she was unsure whether to clam down or increase her anger.
"So that's why she cries." Whispered Rei. "I thought it was only guilt..."
No one spoke for a few minutes. Only Momma's subsiding sobs made any noise in the room. At last Ami spoke in a shaky voice.
"They're his children aren't they Hotaru?"
She looked up, her eyes darkened from crying.
"Yes." She said.
She looked at them and I visibly saw her inner strength returning.
"I loved him you know." She whispered.
"I loved Shingo."
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Oh! The plot thickens! More will come soon so R&R please! ^_^
See ya!
Read the story!! R&R please. Oh yeah sailor moon is not mine
But Takara and Mai are! I get no money from this!
*******
My name is Tomoe Takara and I'm 12 years old. I've spent a lot of my life being just that - plain old Takara with the beautiful
Mother and adorable sister. That changed in the end though. I don't know if it was a good thing or a bad one, but this is my story of what exactly happened.
I guess I had better start from the beginning, in the little town of Trif where I had lived since I was three years old. Trif was a small village made up of refugees of the dark moon attack who, like my mother, had never healed enough to feel safe within Crystal Tokyo or in its vicinity. Most people survived by hunting or farming, a few became warriors and protected the village, but other than that there weren't many other jobs to do. My mother was different though. She became the village healer; using her magical abilities she could save almost anyone - or anything! She was beautiful to, everyone thought so. She was a small woman with shoulder length purple-black hair and the loveliest violet eyes you could ever find. Momma always wore dark colours, sometimes she would even wear pale lavender or a deep purple, but it was usually black. I wish I were a wonderful person like my mother, but I'm not. I can't heal and I don't even look like her. Our hair is similar though. Mine
is a bit longer, but it's just as thick and purplish, I keep it in a waist-length braid. I wish I had her eyes though (Sigh), but my eyes are narrow and blue. Just like Momma says father's eyes were.
It just had to inherit masculine eyes!
I guess it doesn't matter though. Tall girls are probably not meant to have innocent eyes. Mai inherited them though. Mai always gets everything! She's really pretty to. Her hair is this lovely soft brown and combined with those eyes she easily gets men drooling in ten seconds flat. She loves it as well. She may look innocent, but she most definitely isn't! Mai, by the way is my twin. We don't look alike, but we've always been very close.
I'm said to be a natural warrior (mother says people said that about father to, I guess I really take after him more than mother).
The men the village began my training as soon as I could pick up a sword. By the time I was 10 I knew martial arts, sword fighting and a lot of other things besides! Before I knew it I was out hunting with all the men. Riding my own horse and catching my own food. Mother worried about me of course, but she really didn't mind, so I spent a lot of my early childhood riding horses and playing with Mai under the cherry tree in our garden. Didn't I mention the cherry tree? I should have of course, its very important. You see, fathers buried under that tree. Maybe that's why Mai and me love it so much. In a way it's been one of our only connections with a father we never knew.
I do remember some things about him. I remember the way he used to swing me in the air and make me laugh, and the way his blue eyes filled with love when he saw momma. Blue eyes just like mine...
That's all I really remember. Mai and me were only 3 when he died and father and the dark moon war are long gone.
They should be anyway.
It was on a sun filled day that everything changed. I was out in the woods at the time, playing in the branches of one of the oak trees right at the edge of the forest (Mai was asleep of course, where else would she be early in the morning!). I climbed much higher than usual that day and I was pretty proud of myself to. When I reached the bottom everything seemed as it should be, but as I turned round I saw two women watching me. They were both pretty strange. One had short blue hair and the other long and raven black. The blue haired one walked up to me smiling, she seemed like the sort of person you would want to trust, but I wasn't sure. I probably should have just run, but instead I stood utterly still and silent.
"Hi" She said, "My name is Mizuno Ami. Do you know where I could find someone by the name of Tomoe Hotaru?"
I was really suspicious now.
"Why do you want her?"
She visibly relaxed. It was almost as if a great weight had been lifted of her shoulders and carried away.
"We're old friends of hers. We have been looking for her ever since... I mean, just for a long time."
I was still suspicious, but I decided it was probably better to let mother handle the situation.
"You had better come with me."
They followed me quite closely and I found that they walked in a very elegant manner. A bit like momma, but much more regal and full of grace. The raven-haired woman seemed to be a little annoyed with the other stranger, but she said nothing. I guess she found my presence to be uncomfortable. When we reached the cottage I saw mother washing the dishes at the sink, humming her favourite tune. She smiled when she saw me come in and began walking over to me with a plate still in her hands.
"Hello Takara. Did you have fun?"
"Momma." I said nervously, "You have some visitors."
I stepped back to let the two women through the door.
Momma dropped the dish.
"Hotaru?" Whispered Ami "All the senshi have been searching for you. It's been a long time and we wondered..."
"Wait." Cut in the other woman, "Did that child call you Momma, Hotaru? I'd like an explanation."
I had of course, already frozen. The mention of the word `senshi' was enough to send me reeling in shock. Momma never talked about them, but the other villagers did. They remembered to well the dark moon war and the brave senshi who never saved them. I was totally confused now. Why were they asking Momma silly questions?
"I said it because she is my Momma!" I shouted at the raven-haired woman.
"What!" She screeched, "Hotaru explain..."
"What's going on?"
We all turned to see Mai standing in the bedroom doorway (still in her nightgown!). She gave us a sleepy look, but her violet eyes widened when she saw the two strangers.
"Two children!" the stranger shouted, "You have TWO children!"
"Mai, Takara. Go to your room." Said mother.
"But momma..." Protested Mai.
"Just go!"
We both rushed into the bedroom and shut the door behind us. Mai looked very confused, but I could see the curiousness creeping into her face. I groaned. A curious Mai is never a sane Mai.
"Takara..." She began.
"No Mai! This is Momma's PRIVATE conversation. We shouldn't disturb her!"
Mai snorted, "We deserve to know what's going on! She is out momma after all."
"Mai..."
"All we have to do is sneak out of those house, climb up to the window and... and"
As I said before; a curious Mai is never a sane Mai.
We finally agreed to just listen through the door, which satisfied Mai's curiosity and lowered the chance of us being caught listening.
"I can't believe you had children. What were you thinking Hotaru! You have a duty to this planet..."
"Hush Rei." Said Ami, "We came here to talk about more important matters."
There was silence for a moment before momma spoke.
"Its about HIM isn't it?"
"Yes." Said Rei abruptly "Who did you think it was about!"
"Hotaru," Whispered Ami "Where is he? When we left him under your protection we believed you would bring him back at the end of the war."
There was silence once again, but this time momma didn't speak.
"Where is he Hotaru?" Shouted Rei "It's been more than a decade! We've searched for to long!"
Momma was still silent.
"And what about your duty to the kingdom! Did you FORGET to protect the universe? Or did you just decide to take a vacation? Say something Saturn!"
My twin and I were in utter shock. I found myself unable to talk, my mind racing with the implications of those words. Only Mai managed to say anything.
"They called Momma, Saturn..." She whispered in a barely audible voice.
The tension was strengthening in the room. I could almost imagine Momma, with her eyes steely and her mouth a small frown standing up to those two mean people.
"Tell us Hotaru," said Ami gently "Is he safe? Did you hide him somewhere? I'm sure..."
We never found out what she was so sure of. Momma's quiet sobs blocked out everything else from our minds.
"He's dead Ami!" She cried, "He died in the war! I couldn't protect him. I couldn't even save him..."
I felt tears welling up in my own eyes at Momma's pain. Mai reached for me and clutched my hand tightly in her own.
"Dead?" Said Ami in shock, "But we thought he would be safe. They only wanted Crystal Tokyo..."
"How could you Hotaru." Said Rei. She had clearly lost her temper. "How do you think the queen will feel? She still hoped that he would come back! She hoped you were still loyal! But I guess she was wrong..."
Neither Mai nor I could take any more of this. Pushing the door open we ran to momma who stood shivering uncontrollably in the centre of the room. We both held her close and comforted her like she had us so many times. I stopped for a second and glared at Rei with my green-blue eyes steely and harsh. For some reason her face went deathly pale. Ami's eyes widened with shock and they both took a step backwards.
Rei looked like she was unsure whether to clam down or increase her anger.
"So that's why she cries." Whispered Rei. "I thought it was only guilt..."
No one spoke for a few minutes. Only Momma's subsiding sobs made any noise in the room. At last Ami spoke in a shaky voice.
"They're his children aren't they Hotaru?"
She looked up, her eyes darkened from crying.
"Yes." She said.
She looked at them and I visibly saw her inner strength returning.
"I loved him you know." She whispered.
"I loved Shingo."
***
Oh! The plot thickens! More will come soon so R&R please! ^_^
See ya!